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Fethullah Gulen's international Islamic movement is for the past few years in the spotlight in Turkey due to
his para-state mechanism he was able to orchestrate, with multiple layers of influence within the Police and
state security forces and the education apparatus of the country.
Although for years Erdogan's AKP political base was collaborating with Gulen, on a common global platform
and in conjunction with the Muslim Brotherhood's global Islamic ambitions, the rift seems to have surpassed
the level of compromise and a bitter fight ensues nowadays in Turkey.
Gulen's adherents and networks have flourished in the Balkans for years and constitute nowadays a
formidable nexus of NGO's, religious centers, schools and colleges, as well as, private companies. The
following passages outline their reach, with a focus in Albania.
Albania
Since the early 1990's and after the collapse of Communism in Albania, Gulen through the support of the
Turkish state made his entrance in the country and has since then, created a multilayered parallel
educational structure to the country's state school system.
Religious madrassas have been established in Berat, Tirana, Korca, Elbasan, Pogradec. Higher education
colleges in Tirana, Durres, Skondra such as Turgut Ozal, Mehmet Akif, Hashan Risa Pasha respectively.
Gulen places special attention into reaching out to the country's emerging elite, thus the highly -pursued
private school for the local elite, that of the International School of Tirana, is a Gulen-owned one, whose
graduates get access to either local or international universities that belong to the global Gullen system.
NGO such as the Yeni Ufuklar, play a crucial role into cementing interpersonal relations between students
and alumni, whilst local Sunni religious structures have been effectively influenced to a great extent by the
people associating themselves with Gulen in Albania.
Organization: Sema Foundation (Fondacioni Sema)
 Mehmet Akif College (Kolegji Mehmet Akif) Tirana (1993)
 Hasan Riza Pasha College (Shkolla Hasan Riza Pasha) Shkoder (2001) primary and secondary school, and kindergarten
 Institucioni Parashkollor M. Akif, Tirana (2006)
 Meridian Course Center, a.k.a. Meridian Foreign Language and Training Courses Center (Qendër Kursesh Meridian) Tirana
Medresas operated by Sema Foundation in partnership with Komuniteti Musliman:
 Elbasan – Cerrik, Liria
 Kavajë, Hafiz Ali Korça,
 Tiranë, H. Mahmud Dashi
 Buharaja-Berat, Medrese Vexhi
 Korça
Epoka University, Tirana
Beder University (opened April 2011; Sema Foundation)
Organization: Turgut OzalEducation Company
Turgut Ozal kindergarten, primary and secondary school, high school, Tirana
Turgut Ozal College, kindergarten, primary, secondary and high school, Durres
Memorial International School of Tirana (secondary and high school)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Organization:
 Bosna-Sema Educational Institutions
 International Burch University
 Una Sana College (Unsko-Sanski Koledz)
 International School of Sarajevo - Vraca
 International School of Sarajevo - Ilidza
 International School of Tuzla
 International School of Zenica
Bulgaria
Umbrella organization: DrujbaSchools
Drujba Private School, Sofia
Drujba Private School, Plovdiv
Drujba Study Center, Sofia
Drujba Study Center, Plovdiv
Kosovo
Organization:
 Gülistan Educatıon Center
 (http://www.gulistankosova.eu/)
 Mehmet Akif College, Prishtina
 Mehmet Akif College, Prizren
 International School of Prishtina
FYROM
International Balkan University, Skopje
Private Yahya Kemal Colleges, Skopje (http://www.ykc.edu.mk)
YKC ÜsküpAvtokomanda Lisesi (high school)
YKC Gostivar Lisesi (high school)
YKC Struga Lisesi (high school)
YKC Üsküp Butel Lisesi (high school)
YKC Üsküp İlkokulu (primary school)
YKC Struga İlkokulu (primary school)
YKC Strumica Lisesi (high school)
YKC Tetova Bölgesi Lisesi (high school)
Montenegro
University Mediterranean Podgorica (Atlas group)
Romania
Umbrella organization: Lumina Educational Institutions
 Scoala Spectrum Bucaresti
 Scoala Spectrum Constanta
 Scoala Internationala Spectrum Iasi
 Scoala Internationala Spectrum Cluj
 Scoala Internationala Spectrum Timisoara
 Scoala Internationala Spectrum Ploiesti
 International Computer High School of Bucharest (ICHB) (Liceul International de Informatica Bucaresti)
 International Computer High School of Constanta(Liceul International de Informatica Constanta)
 International School of Bucharest
 ISB Early Learning Centre http://www.isb.ro/early-learning-centre/early-learning-centre
University: University of Southeast Europe - Lumina University (Universitatea Europei de Sud-Est Lumina)
Serbia
 Bejza Educational Center (languages, IT)
 Bejza Primary School
A safe estimation that can be mad at this point, is that the ongoing struggle between Erdogan and Gulen will
spill over to the latter's Balkan networking leading to dissatisfaction of Ankara of his presence in the
aforementioned countries, signaling an eventual decrease in Gulen's movement capabilities, especially those
in Albania, Kosovo, and Bosnia.
That does not mean that the infrastructure will vanish, on the contrary it will be directed into serving AKP's
agenda by pushing out Gulen's directorship over it. As a result that will further enchase anxiety of the local
governments of the subversion on long-term basis of the Turkish state in their societies.

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Gulen Movement in the Balkans

  • 1. Fethullah Gulen's international Islamic movement is for the past few years in the spotlight in Turkey due to his para-state mechanism he was able to orchestrate, with multiple layers of influence within the Police and state security forces and the education apparatus of the country. Although for years Erdogan's AKP political base was collaborating with Gulen, on a common global platform and in conjunction with the Muslim Brotherhood's global Islamic ambitions, the rift seems to have surpassed the level of compromise and a bitter fight ensues nowadays in Turkey. Gulen's adherents and networks have flourished in the Balkans for years and constitute nowadays a formidable nexus of NGO's, religious centers, schools and colleges, as well as, private companies. The following passages outline their reach, with a focus in Albania. Albania Since the early 1990's and after the collapse of Communism in Albania, Gulen through the support of the Turkish state made his entrance in the country and has since then, created a multilayered parallel educational structure to the country's state school system. Religious madrassas have been established in Berat, Tirana, Korca, Elbasan, Pogradec. Higher education colleges in Tirana, Durres, Skondra such as Turgut Ozal, Mehmet Akif, Hashan Risa Pasha respectively. Gulen places special attention into reaching out to the country's emerging elite, thus the highly -pursued private school for the local elite, that of the International School of Tirana, is a Gulen-owned one, whose graduates get access to either local or international universities that belong to the global Gullen system. NGO such as the Yeni Ufuklar, play a crucial role into cementing interpersonal relations between students and alumni, whilst local Sunni religious structures have been effectively influenced to a great extent by the people associating themselves with Gulen in Albania. Organization: Sema Foundation (Fondacioni Sema)  Mehmet Akif College (Kolegji Mehmet Akif) Tirana (1993)  Hasan Riza Pasha College (Shkolla Hasan Riza Pasha) Shkoder (2001) primary and secondary school, and kindergarten  Institucioni Parashkollor M. Akif, Tirana (2006)  Meridian Course Center, a.k.a. Meridian Foreign Language and Training Courses Center (Qendër Kursesh Meridian) Tirana Medresas operated by Sema Foundation in partnership with Komuniteti Musliman:  Elbasan – Cerrik, Liria  Kavajë, Hafiz Ali Korça,  Tiranë, H. Mahmud Dashi  Buharaja-Berat, Medrese Vexhi  Korça
  • 2. Epoka University, Tirana Beder University (opened April 2011; Sema Foundation) Organization: Turgut OzalEducation Company Turgut Ozal kindergarten, primary and secondary school, high school, Tirana Turgut Ozal College, kindergarten, primary, secondary and high school, Durres Memorial International School of Tirana (secondary and high school) Bosnia and Herzegovina Organization:  Bosna-Sema Educational Institutions  International Burch University  Una Sana College (Unsko-Sanski Koledz)  International School of Sarajevo - Vraca  International School of Sarajevo - Ilidza  International School of Tuzla  International School of Zenica Bulgaria Umbrella organization: DrujbaSchools Drujba Private School, Sofia Drujba Private School, Plovdiv Drujba Study Center, Sofia Drujba Study Center, Plovdiv Kosovo Organization:  Gülistan Educatıon Center  (http://www.gulistankosova.eu/)  Mehmet Akif College, Prishtina  Mehmet Akif College, Prizren  International School of Prishtina FYROM International Balkan University, Skopje Private Yahya Kemal Colleges, Skopje (http://www.ykc.edu.mk) YKC ÜsküpAvtokomanda Lisesi (high school) YKC Gostivar Lisesi (high school) YKC Struga Lisesi (high school) YKC Üsküp Butel Lisesi (high school) YKC Üsküp İlkokulu (primary school) YKC Struga İlkokulu (primary school) YKC Strumica Lisesi (high school) YKC Tetova Bölgesi Lisesi (high school)
  • 3. Montenegro University Mediterranean Podgorica (Atlas group) Romania Umbrella organization: Lumina Educational Institutions  Scoala Spectrum Bucaresti  Scoala Spectrum Constanta  Scoala Internationala Spectrum Iasi  Scoala Internationala Spectrum Cluj  Scoala Internationala Spectrum Timisoara  Scoala Internationala Spectrum Ploiesti  International Computer High School of Bucharest (ICHB) (Liceul International de Informatica Bucaresti)  International Computer High School of Constanta(Liceul International de Informatica Constanta)  International School of Bucharest  ISB Early Learning Centre http://www.isb.ro/early-learning-centre/early-learning-centre University: University of Southeast Europe - Lumina University (Universitatea Europei de Sud-Est Lumina) Serbia  Bejza Educational Center (languages, IT)  Bejza Primary School A safe estimation that can be mad at this point, is that the ongoing struggle between Erdogan and Gulen will spill over to the latter's Balkan networking leading to dissatisfaction of Ankara of his presence in the aforementioned countries, signaling an eventual decrease in Gulen's movement capabilities, especially those in Albania, Kosovo, and Bosnia. That does not mean that the infrastructure will vanish, on the contrary it will be directed into serving AKP's agenda by pushing out Gulen's directorship over it. As a result that will further enchase anxiety of the local governments of the subversion on long-term basis of the Turkish state in their societies.